VanEck Gold Miners ETF
NYSE ARCA: GDX
$36.87
+$1.21 (+3.4%)
Closing price May 17, 2024
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Gold and silver are finally acting in the manner they should be again. For months and months, gold (and silver as a more speculative gold trade) investors and speculators were having an identity...
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Of the top 25 price gainers today, 15 are gold or silver miners, most are the juniors, and all are up about 9%-12%. Recent weak US employment news and a pricey dollar-euro exchange is sending...
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The market was down significantly earlier in the day with a double-digit S&P 500 drop and a triple-digit drop in the DJIA. We wanted to see some unusual gainers on the day, which are not just the...
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Gold and silver have finally indicated that the free fall we saw over the last month may have at least stabilized. The markets are mixed today in the commodities and the miners and we admit that no...
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The World Gold Council has released its first quarter report on global gold demand. Some of the report may be as most expected, but the report also contains some interesting tidbits when you...
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There is no point in arguing about it. Gold and silver are just the wrong trades in the current state of the markets. Hope may be near for support, but there are risks to having too much...
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During some points in the market cycle, gold is a hedge against the dollar. Sometimes it is a risk-on trade that follows the stock market as though it was its own sector. And during some periods...
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Gold is trying to recover on Thursday as it moves back and forth between being a risk-trade asset and an end of the world trade. While gold may be on the mend or at least trying to find some...
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They say there is an ETF for just about any investing strategy and just about any sector. Today, there are five new ETFs hitting the market from BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) under its iShares ETF...
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Silver and gold miners just got some great news today after having lost so much luster in recent months. The FOMC has now telegraphed that it expects that interest rates will remain exceptionally...
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Asking a technician or chartist about directional movement is often mind-numbing for fundamental investors. Basing future price movement prediction solely on the past without a care about the...
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Gold took it on the chin today because the Euro Zone bailout is not looking quite as robust nor as inflationary as many market participants have been hoping for. Living with disappointment is just...
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A state superior court judge in Alaska has ruled against an environmental group in a lawsuit aimed at stopping development of the Pebble gold and copper mine project in the state. The project’s...
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In what appears to be a counterintuitive move, CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) today raised its margin requirements for copper futures contracts. The requirement rose by 15%, from $6,750 to $7,763 for an...
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